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Friday, September 5, 2008

Great Quotes from Sci Fi

Character dialogue or narration from popular media often becomes a part of our social culture. Great lines like “Make my day” or even “Oh nooo, Mr. Bill” often wheedle their way into daily conversation.

Here’s a list of famous (and maybe not so famous) quotes from a few of the Science Fiction icons. This is a “living” post. If you have other favorites, mention them in the comments and I’ll add them to the list.

STAR TREK“To boldly go where no man has gone before.”“Beam me up, Scotty.”“Fascinating.”“Energize.”“Dammit, Jim. I’m a doctor, not a _(insert applicable occupation)_.”“Make it so.”“Engage.”“Resistance is futile.”“Live long and prosper.”"I don't like bullies. I don't like threats. And I don't like you.""There's coffee in that nebula!"

STAR WARS“May the force be with you.”“Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.”“I have a bad feeling about this.”“Never tell me the odds!”“Beware of the dark side.”“I suggest a new strategy. Let the Wookie win.”“Wars do not make one great.”“Aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper?”“Will someone get this big walking carpet out of my way.”"Laugh it up, Fuzzball.""I'd rather kiss a Wookie!"

FIREFLY“You can’t take the sky from me.”“Get a job. Get paid. Keep flying.”“Curse you for your unexpected but inevitable betrayal!”“Big damn heroes. Ain’t we just.”“May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.”“This is the captain, we have a lil' problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence, and then… explode.”“I am a leaf in the wind.”

JURRASIC PARK"Creation is an act of sheer will.""Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.""God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs..." "Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth.""Remind me to thank John for a lovely weekend."

THE ABYSS"Hippy, your gonna give that rat a disease.""Gimme a break! Coffey, those things live three and a half miles down in an abyssal trench. Trust me, they're not speaking Russian."

PLANET OF THE APES"Well, you know what they say. Human see, human do.""I think it’s fair to call this hostile territory."

THE RED PLANET"This is it. That moment they told us in high school where one day, algebra would save our lives.""I prefer one moon, you know? That way you know what to call it: The Moon."

Well, hello Sandra! Thanks for stopping by. You're one of my favorite SciFiRom authors. And you've just made me realize I need to go look at all my dog-earred pages of THE OUTBACK STARS and see if I can't come up with a few more. :)

Riddick: "You made three mistakes. First, you took the job. Second, you came light. A four man crew for me? Fucking insulting. But the worst mistake you made..." "...empty gun rack."

Riddick: "It's been a long time since I smelled beautiful."

Riddick: "Now who do I have to kill to get this payday off my head?"

Riddick: "It's an animal thing."

Independence Day"A countdown... wait, a countdown to what David?" "It's like in chess: First, you strategically position your pieces and when the timing is right you strike. They're using this signal to syncronize their efforts and in 5 hours the countdown will be over." "And then what?" "Checkmate." "Oh, my God. I gotta call my brother, my housekeeper, my lawyer. Nah, forget my lawyer."

Will Smith (Steven): "I ain't heard no fat lady!" Jeff Goldblum (David): "Forget the fat lady. You're obsessed with fat lady. Just get us out of here!"

Bill Pullman (President): "I don't understand, where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this?" Judd Hirsch (Julius Levinson): "You don't actually think they spend $20,000.00 on a hammer, $30,000.00 on a toilet seat do you?"

Jurrasic Park

"You married?" "Occasionally."

"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

"I know the presidents' chief scientific advisor, we were at MIT together. And, in a situation like this, you-you really don't wanna take the advice from a man who got a C minus in astrophysics. The presidents' advisors are... wrong. I'm right."

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